[Tigers] Brake shoe hold down pins and spring clips

[Stu]

Hi guys, Thanks for the suggestions.  I decided to do the new brake shoes
this winter, replacing what I think are the originals.  I got the car when
it was 10 years old and haven't changed them.    And even though the
springs, pins and clips that I have are OK, I was hoping to renew
everything,  The shoes are in the mail, and the springs are supposed to be
available soon.  And yes, I saw that a couple UK sources claim to have
them.  Are there any issues ordering from them?  And I was considering the
hardware store solution as well.

Thanks again.

On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 6:14 PM Tom Hall <modtiger at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 2/21/2026 1:53 PM, Stu wrote:
>
> SS is out of stock on these, and not sure when and if they could get
> more..  Are there any equivalent parts from our British cousins that will
> fit and are available?
>
> Stu
>
> Back in 2009 at SUNI in South Dakota my son-in-law, Rob Guerra, had this
> problem with missing these parts after he lost a wheel.  We went to the
> local hardware store and bought some steel Pan or Binding head screws (they
> have larger heads) in an 8-32 size if I remember correctly.  Also got some
> similiar springs and some different sized washers which we super-glued
> together to simulate the OEM dished washers.  Also some Nylock nuts to hold
> everything together.  This repair lasted several years until we replaced
> the OEM drum system with my Wilwood based drum-disk kit. You just have to
> be creative.  And yes there are several OEM replacements but I'd try my
> nearest NAPA store.
>
> --
>
> Tom Hall
> ModTiger Engineering LLC
> 5712 San Luis Court
> Pleasanton, CA 94566
> (925)462-3876modtiger at comcast.nethttp://tigerengineering.net/
>
>
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